Telefilm honors Mommy with 2014 Guichet d’Or

Xavier Dolan’s Mommy has won Telefilm Canada’s 2014 Guichet d’Or prize.

The award, now in its eighth year, is presented to the Canadian French-language feature film with the highest-grossing domestic box office sales for the year. The Guichet d’Or award includes a $20,000 prize to the director of the winning film, and a $20,000 prize to the writer.  Since Dolan is both the writer and director, he will receive the full $40,000 prize.

The award will be presented to Mommy writer/director Dolan at a ceremony held on Montreal’s Phi Centre on March 4.

As of the week of Feb. 6 to Feb. 12, Mommy had earned $3,366,749 at the Canadian box office according to information provided by MPTAC and Zoom Services. The film is up for 13 Canadian Screen Awards this year, including a best motion picture nomination and best direction. Last year, Mommy won the third-place Jury Prize, sharing the award with Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language.

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrect stated that the director of the Guichet d’Or wins a $40,000 prize. The prize for the director is $20,000, with $20,000 also awarded to the writer of the winning film. Since Xavier Dolan is both the director and writer of Mommy, he will receive the full $40,000 prize.